Technology

Topcon Positioning Group introduces a new generation of scanning robotic total stations — the GTL-1000. A compact scanner integrated with a fully featured robotic total station, the system is designed to offer a powerful instrument for single-operator layout and scan on a single set up. Combined with ClearEdge3D Verity, it …

Doosan is this week demonstrating the use of 5G communications technology to remotely control an excavator in South Korea from a trade show booth in Germany. The demonstration of what is now possible takes place on the Doosan stand at the Bauma construction machinery trade fair in Munich this week. …

PlantSmart is a new module from TyreWatch TyreWatch is the market-leading real-time tyre monitoring system, enjoyed by heavy plant operators and commercial vehicle fleets across Europe since 2013. What sets it apart and ahead of its rivals is the use of Artificial Intelligence, provided by TyreWatch AI, to accurately predict, …

When HR Director at John Wainwright & Co, Lisa Saunders realised that her company’s outreach to young people needed a boost, Minerals Matter, an initiative tasked with encouraging people into the sector, knew just who, and what, to send. MP Futures’ Dr Dave Underhill travelled to the Somerset Earth Science …

Selwood has partnered with Sure-Track to install vehicle monitoring technology across its fleet. Sure-Track will install its latest keypad immobilisers, which are activated with a PIN code or RFID tags, across the Selwood 1000+ hire fleet. As well as preventing unauthorised use and theft, the system also contains full telematics …

Caterpillar launches the industry’s first mobile app designed to allow customers who spend their time in a truck, at the job site and on-the-go to take advantage of equipment telematics data. The new Cat®App delivers simplified, streamlined data directly to mobile devices, helping customers monitor machine location and health, react …

Topcon Positioning Group announces the complete acquisition of ThunderBuild BV Group, expanding the portfolio of Topcon paving solutions. Based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, ThunderBuild develops software related to logistics management with a primary focus in the asphalt market, as well as additional applications that pertain to the transport of bulk …

Automated earthworks: Topcon’s machine control and automation technology has been used to support major road improvement earthworks on the A14. When embarking on a major road project – the Highways England A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme – the A14 Integrated Delivery Team (A14 IDT – a joint venture comprising …

Plant tracking specialist AMI Group has enhanced the company’s range of plant tracking and asset management solutions to meet customer demand – from upgrading the company’s VT tracking devices with Bluetooth connectivity to enhancing the AMI app which enables customers to rapidly locate and manage plant machinery whilst on the …

Topcon Positioning GB and Ireland has helped Combined Soil Stabilisation Ltd increase the accuracy of earthworks processes on a major road project in East Anglia. The team used Topcon’s technology when preparing surfaces across the site before Tarmac was laid on the carriageway. The project will see the development of …